Three car crash leaves one dead in Ocean County

A wrong way crash on an Ocean County highway left one person dead and at least two others injured on Sunday night, police said.Star-Ledger file photo

JACKSON TWP. — A three-car crash left one person dead and at least two others injured after a car veered into oncoming traffic on an Ocean County highway Sunday evening, police said.

A silver Honda driving was traveling on Route 195 East in Jackson Twp. around 5:30 p.m. Sunday when the driver veered into the westbound lanes, striking a Hyundai sedan, according to Sgt. Brian Polite, an N.J. State Police spokesman.

The impact caused the Honda to spin out in the westbound lanes, where it was then struck by a station wagon, Polite said. The driver of the Honda, identified only as a 21-year-old Oakhurst man, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Polite.

The occupants of the station wagon were taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton with minor injuries, according to Polite, who did not know how many people were in that car. None of the passengers in the sedan were hurt, Polite said.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but Polite said speed and alcohol were not immediately ruled out as factors.